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...aggressively pursuing known al-Qaeda cells and networks, but elements - particularly in the clergy - who express similar ideas in the public domain are treated with kid gloves despite public promises, reiterated by Crown Prince Abdullah on Wednesday, to do more to crack down on extremism. And a bi-partisan investigation under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations has concluded that Saudi Arabia has failed to fully live up to its commitments to crack down on terror funding and the propagation of extremist ideas...
After enduring months of partisan mudslinging and an intense beating from the media, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura needed a vacation...
...With respect to other public controversies that have a partisan nature and do not have a nexus with the university, I don’t think it’s appropriate for university presidents to comment,” he says...
Though Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., said in January that Summers had given advice to him during his primary campaign, Summers insists he’s avoided any active political role because the Harvard presidency should not be a partisan position...
Science, as we all know, is supposed to be objective, but global warming is one of those scientific issues that have been hopelessly mired in politics for years, and the movie's director, Roland Emmerich, can't resist some playful partisan point scoring. He pairs a weak-willed but telegenic President with a Mephistophelian, scientifically ignorant Veep, played by an obvious Dick Cheney look-alike. After the storm hits, tens of thousands of American refugees flee south--whereupon Mexico promptly closes its borders, leaving the hapless, desperate gringos to wade in droves across the Rio Grande...